Improvement in tea-kettles



To @ZZ whom/ Lft may concern;- v f Be it known that I,1W IL` LIAM C.Dnvrs, of t Cincinnati, Hamil'tonQcou-nty,Ohio, have inlVented new anduseful Improvements in Tea- 'Ketties.; and I do herebydecl'are thefollow-` 4 of that .of the kettle-body. i

UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE.

WILLIAM'G. DAVIS, OF CINCINNATI. omo.

iMPaovEMENT IN TEA-KETTLES.

ing to 'be a full, clear,v and exact description thereoret'erenee'being' had tothe aceompanyf .ing drawings, making part of this,specification.

My invention is particularly designedfor t cast-iron tea-kettles,andisintendedtoinsure@i greater safety in 'filling and pouring,4together with greater' capacity in a given boiler opening orsize ofstove.

Figure lis an under side and front 'view of Y a kettle emboclyi-i'r'g,rmy improventien tsj.v '.Fig.-

View.

-Mykettlefbodv A, initshrizontal section or'oontonr, isegg-forlned-f-that iste s`ay.. it'

2 is a top vView tlliereotlf Fig.`3 is a bottom has at. the place ofgreatest Width the shape ot' anl irregular oval, which isfwiilest towardthespoutendl v The breast of Amy ,kettle is' somewhat flatt tened at itslower portion, so as toy 'present i af straight salient angle or edge,Af.. 1

t The' opening B may have the forn1 -.ofja5n ellipse Whose major axis4is inthe vertical planeA tical plane of its principal axis'.

The lid D: may be hinged@ the bony in' the 5 set my hand. 4 The hail G.is'hinged to thefbody in the ver?r y Specification forming part ofLetters Patent rio. 4 M492, dated February 9.1864.

y pro'vements may be cited: The ccnterof grav-V ity ofthe kettlebeingnear its. front end,"and its frontlower portion havin g a broad,straight bearing, the kettle- Amay be poured fromv by simply tipping`Without lifting it, free from the danger of oanting'orer and scoldingtheuser, which has' been the canse ot' s many distress`- ing casualitiesin the hands of children and others. The oval form of body enablesa muchlarger kettle on a given size of stove than is ,praetinableixith.,thoseof' eirenlar contour, because the kettle' may. be-easily disposedon'.the stove-topso as to accommodatetheother vessels'. The elliptical'opening facilitates filling the'kettle'withont spilling Water-on the hotstov'e'-top,by which the top is so frequently craeked.V t

I claim herein as newjandlof my invention- I. The provision'of astraightedge or bearing, A', at the' bottorn'ot. the breast, as and forthe purposes explainedi- 2.- The combina-tion of thestraight edge orbearing A/witha body, Afef elliptical form', substantially as described.I t j' 3'." The combination of the elliptical body A', longitudinal bailand Sidehinged cover, D,

fall as herein shown and described.

In testimony ofiwhich invention I hereniito VVitnessest,

Geo. H.' KNIGHT, CHARLES L.v FISHER,

